THERE ARE TOO MANY OF US

I started work on the doll's house ostensibly to use up my various bits and pieces of collected miscellanea. I didn't have a theme in mind, but two 'events' have since directed me towards the undeniable threat of overpopulation.

The first of these was a TV series called Utopia. I found it violent and somewhat far-fetched, but the show did succeed in stressing the dire consequences of having too many people for this planet to sustain.

In spring 2015, Blur - one of my all-time favourite bands (and I'm going back to the early 90s here) released an album (The Magic Whip). One song in particular struck me: There Are Too Many of Us.

The lyrics inspired me to use the doll's house as a theme for overpopulation. I am now working on other projects on the same theme, using the tiny model people to add an incongrous nature to textile and mixed-media experimentation.